Lilith's POV

Bruno's big hands wrap around my throat as soon as we Apparate inside the tents, everyone gasping at the sight in front of them. I know our new plan wasn't well rehearsed but I know Bruno won't make a fool of himself.

"Bravo, bravo!" Amycus claps behind Bruno, his hand tightening around my throat. "I must say, this is beautifully decorated. What a shame, it will make it hard to destroy after finishing you all. But first, I have a little gift for you."

Bruno steps forward and I fall to my knees. If it wasn't for Bruno's hands around my throat and arms I would have fallen on my face. Painful.

"As you see, she's not hurt, we treated her kindly." Bruno teases, his wand waving around my head. "But Master is tired of her, and we know for sure you want her back."

Mrs Weasley attempts to release me from Bruno's hold but he pulls me back, this time holding his wand against my neck and covering my mouth, my feel barely touching the ground.

"One more step and she dies." He threatens. "Master has given us a task, and we'll follow his rules."

Then, a wave of pain hits me and I'm send forward, this time falling on my face, not caring about anything else but the pain I'm feeling. It runs through my body and tortures me. I muffle a cry, holding the edge of a towel near me, tears running down my face.

"Stop." I manage to whisper, the silence allowing everyone to hear me. "Please."

Bruno laughs, and the others follow him.

"Look, the little bitch has a mouth." He slaps my face, and I grab it with my hands, the previous pain gone, but not before noticing Bruno's soft flinch. "Give us Potter and we won't kill this insolent girl."

"Never!" Someone shouts near the entrance. "She's a traitor, and she deserves this."

"Look, Potter." Bruno kneels next to me and pulls up head up, grabbing my hair. "You're hated. All because of us. Let me tell you a story."

He gets up but not before cursing me once again.

"Imperio!"

I fight against the spell, screaming bloody murder for what feels like hours until my body surrenders to his orders. I still hear and see my surroundings but I can't control my body.

"See how easy it is to control someone, to make that person do whatever we want. Poison someone, steal... Kill." His eyes roam the tent as those idiots drink his every word. "That's so easy, and yet, we can make that person act normally, not attracting undesired attention. We can make that person do whatever we want while behaving like their old self. And this is how we got her to kill Dumbledore."

Gasps are heard but Bruno's voice is louder than anyone's. He raises his wand toward me and makes me hot Amycus. I do it. Even though the spell is pointless, I'm no longer being controlled, and Bruno knows it. I feel like I'm being tested, this so called freedom he gave me testing my loyalties.

"Now, what should you do?" Bruno taunts. "Kill your brother."

I look up and search for those familiar eyes, just like mine. I find them staring back at me from near the entrance, ready to leave if this gets bad.

"No." I whisper, shaking. "N-"

"I said KILL YOUR BROTHER! KILL HARRY POTTER NOW!" Bruno shouts and I know our plan is working.

I walk towards him, always shaking and stopping to 'fight' against the spell. I'm almost near my brother, feeling every eye on me, when I start my little facade. For the third time this evening, I fall to my knees and scream, clutching my chest.

"No." I whisper once again. "I won't do it, I'm not a monster."

"Are you trying to fight the spell, you filthy Potter?" Bruno shouts. "Kill her! Kill the girl and bring me the brother."

Some of them start firing spells and destroying everything around us, others run after me and my brother. This is getting out of control and I have to get Harry out of here.

I cough a few times, speaking directly to my brother and his friends who stand firmly near him.

"Get out of here while you can." I fake a hoarse voice and look back at the Death Eaters running after us. "GO!"

"I won't let you here." Harry says, coming for me but I lean back.

"You can't, you have to go. They won't kill me, they'll keep me alive until they have you too." I turn to Hermione and Ron. "Take care of him, protect him and don't let those pricks find him.

They nod and drag my brother away from me. I see my plan running down the street as they leave, but I see the light at the end of the tunnel when Harry runs back to me, picks me up and runs to Ron and Hermione, who wait for us impatiently.

"Let's go." Harry says.

"No, let me go! They'll come after you." I protest and kick his back, but his hold on me grows stronger.

"Don't even think about it. I'm not leaving you behind. Not anymore."

"Are you ready?" Hermione asks, grabbing our hands.

Everyone nods and we Apparate away from this hell. I'm used to Apparating but when we land in front of a bus I lose it.

The screams and shouts that fill the night behind us are the last thing I remember before the darkness surrounds me.

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Harry's POV

I tighten my trip on Lilith, her head falling on my shoulder as she passes out. The dark circles under her eyes tell me she hasn't slept in a while. They probably hurt her every day.

"Mione, see if she has injuries." I ask. "And where are we?"

"Hermione, we haven't got anything to change into." They ignore my question and Ron asks her.

Why is he so worried about our clothes instead of worrying about Lilith? But I forgot my stuff too, like the Invisibility Cloak and a pair of shoes.

"Why didn't I make sure I had the Invisibility Cloak with me?" I'm cursing my own stupidity right now. "All last year I kept it on me and-"

"It's okay, I've got the Cloak, I've got clothes for both of you." Hermione says. "Just try and act naturally until-this will do."

She walks down a side street and into a dark alleyway, and grabs her bag.

"When you say you've got the Cloak, and clothes..." I say, frowning at her, who's now opening the bag and searching. 

"Yes, they're here." She answers, pulling out a pair of jeans, a sweatshirt, some maroon socks, and finally the silvery Invisibility Cloak from her tiny bag.

"How did you do that?" Ron asks, incredulously.

"Undetectable Extension Charm. Tricky, but I think I've done it okay; anyway, I managed to fit everything we need in here." She gives the fragile-looking bag a little shake and a number of heavy objects roll around inside it. "Oh, damn, that'll be the books... And I had them all stacked by subject.... Oh well...."

Ron and I stare at her with awe, but are interrupted by my sister's groan. She instantly grabs her head and starts shaking again.

"Calm down, shhh." I caress her hair and she calms down a little bit, now her hands being the only part of her body shaking. "We're almost safe."

"You can let me down." She whispers, and I have to get closer to her to hear her words. "I'm sure I can walk and I don't want to be a burden."

Hermione decides to interrupt our 'family' moment and gives us clothes, some for Lilith too.

"Harry, you'd better take the Invisibility Cloak. Ron, hurry up and change. And Lilith, I didn't know you were coming so I packed clothes for me. I guess some of them may fit you." She pulls out a sweater and some jeans and throws them at me.

"When did you do all this?" I ask as I set Lilith down and as she and Ron start taking off their clothes.

"I told you at the Burrow, I've had the essentials packed for days, you know,
in case we needed to make a quick getaway. I packed your rucksack this morning, Harry, after you changed, and put it in here.... I just had a feeling.... "

"You're amazing, you are." Ron gleams, handing her his dirty robes.

"Thank you." Hermione thanks him, managing a small smile as she pushes the robes into the bag. "Please, Harry, get that Cloak on!"

I look at Lilith, standing near the wall, her head bent down with her hair covering her face. She's already wearing Hermione's clothes and they fit her. I call her name but she doesn't step closer to any of us. Ron and Hermione notice it and stand next to me.

"What's wrong with her?" Hermione asks in a whisper. "Is she feeling okay?"

"How are we supposed to know that if she hasn't said a word to us since she woke up?" Ron mumbles.

"Lilith." I call her again and this time she looks at me.

Her eyes are puffy and red, tears flowing down her cheeks, her green eyes sad and empty. Step by step I walk towards her, my arms ready to embrace her, but she stops me by raising her hands.

"Don't." She says, her voice empty of emotion. "I don't want to hurt you."

"You won't! I know you."

"Harry... You don't know the horrible things I've done." She trembles under our gazes, now that Hermione and Ron are next to me again. I can see the tips of their wands peeking from under their arms. "I've done bad things, Harry. I'm a bad person."

"I don't care about those things! You were under their control, you couldn't think straight!"

"LIES HARRY! LIES!" She screams as she grabs her head and shakes. "I'M A LIAR HARRY! AND A KILLER!"

She points at the wall behind her, the one she was leaning against just a few seconds ago. It's covered in posters, some with Death Eaters' faces. But the one that calls fm attention is the one with my sister's face on it.

Death Eater.

I didn't want to believe my own eyes that night, when she killed Dumbledore. But now, that poster... Everything makes sense now.

"Y-you betrayed us!"

"No I didn't." Lilith sobs. "I wanted to protect you, I wanted to keep you safe."

"How can you do that when you're with them?" I scream back at her, making her flinch. "You're one of them, Lilith!"

"I'm not... I'm not evil... I have to keep doing this, I have to protect you."

"Harry let's go." Hermione pulls my arm but I fight against her hold.

"YOU ARE A TRAITOR! I want you to die in hell for what you did to Dumbledore! Were you with them when Lestrange killed Sirius? I bet you were and the joy of watching me in pain was good for you wasn't it?" I run to her, to hit her, to beat her and make her pay for the pain she gave me.

But I'm pulled back by Ron.

"Harry let's go before it's too late."

"NO SHE HAS TO PAY!"

Lilith grabs her wand from the floor. I don't remember her dropping it or even having it on her when we Apparated. She raises it and looks at the three of us.

"I'm sorry. I'll do my best to keep you safe."

She yells my name before disappearing, a black cloud swirling around her body, eating her and taking her away from us.

I can't believe my sister is a Death Eater.

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Lilith's POV

I fall on top of Bellatrix as I Apparate inside our hideout, which is the Malfoy's basement.

"Where are they?" She asks as soon as I stand.

"Shaftesbury Avenue." I say, slightly out of my breath. "That's where I left them."

Voldemort is sitting by the fireplace upstairs, Nagini laying on his lap. He doesn't even turn around when I arrive, only reacting when Bella speaks.

"My Lord, Lilith is here." She says and leaves me to face the beast.

"My dear Lilith!" He waits for the snake to leave his lap and gets up to hug me. "You're a great actress, never thought you could do that!"

"Thank you, my Lord." The words burn my tongue as they escape. "I believe one of our teams will leave to capture them."

"Yes, yes!" He dances around. "I want you to change and meet everyone downstairs, we have a surprise planned for you, Bruno and Amycus."

"As you wish, my Lord." I kneel and get ready to leave when I feel his hand on my shoulder.

"No need for formalities. Call me Tom."

He nods his head and calls for Nagini.

Why?